News updates: Times of India 1007 Kerala State Disaster Management Authority didn’t see flood coming The New Indian Express 1007 ‘Time for rethink on development models of State’ CP Rajendran, Geologist, JNCASR, Bengaluru. The Hindu
CAG Report on Schemes for Flood Control and Flood Forecasting, Link to complete document
NIDM Lecture Series: Reservoir operations in the context of flood risk management (Himanshu Thakkar, IITB). Also see SANDRP site for written account.
0921 A rare confluence of events led to flooding in Kerala, says study The Hindu
0919 Chalakudy: Poringalkuthu reservoir filled to the brim
0915 Kerala needs better dams to tackle floods: CM The Hindu
0914 The Kerala flood of 2018: combined impact of extreme rainfall and reservoir storage. Mishra et al. HESS Discussion paper (under review)
0912 Dam or no dam, Kerala floods were certain: CWC Report TOI
0911 Expert committee to study damage from floods in Kerala The New Indian Express
0909 When India was flooded (1943-2017) Daily Pioneer
0909 Flood–prone area up by 25% in 33 yrs Daily Pioneer
0907 ISRO assets played key role in Kerala flood rescue operation The Hindu
0831 Kerala floods due to criminal negligence? HC files suo moto PIL – India Today
0830 “Flood intensified because the traditional and natural flow of water was restricted” V S Achuthanandan India Today News18
0829 What actually happened? “Lies, Dam Lies, and Statistics” NewsClick
0829 The truth about dams TOI
1006 ‘Formulating a livelihood development package is key factor’ VK Ramachandran, Economist, Kerala State Planning Board. The Hindu
0917 Kerala must rethink the very idea of development to prevent another disaster KT Rammohan Scroll.in
0911 Building New Kerala, Not Merely Restoring It NewsClick.
0909 Rebuilding Kerala – The Challenge of People-centric Adaptation. Facebook: T. Jayaraman
0909 Lessons from Kerala floods Daily Pioneer
0908 Kerala’s Flood Disaster S Irudaya Rajan, Arokkiaraj Heller, Rakesh Ranjan Economic and Political Weekly
0905 Improve resilience Financial Express
0831 A Disastrous Consequence of Unchecked Urbanization CityLab
0831 Outdated Guidelines, Faulty Weather Reports Worsened Crisis. HuffPost India
0829 Listen to the deluge, Muralee Thummarukudy, Indian Express
0826 Rebuilding Kerala Indian Express
0824 Time for introspection, S G Warrier Mongabay.com
0919 State Govt to HC: IMD ‘mispredicted’ rains TOI
0904 Cloudburst claim contested (IMD) The Hindu
0902 Kerala alerted for heavy rain, asserts IMD Mathrubhumi News18
0831 Kerala floods: IMD data shows it sent prior warnings about heavy rain FirstPost
0819 How did it get this bad? K Santhosh, IMD Trivandrum, ET
0817 3X normal rain Scroll.in
0815 Rains & flooding since June Scroll.in
0911 Man-made devastation? Times of India (blog)
0910 KSEB’s actions reduced destruction: former dam manager The New Indian Express
0908 “Reservoir operation may not have had much effect in attenuating the flood … These rivers swell up pretty quickly, and hence, no effective forecast can take place.” Sharad Chandra, Director, Flood Forecast Monitoring, Central Water Commission (CWC), New Delhi. The Hindu
0904 Opposition demands probe into bad dam management The News Minute
0903 Bad dam management caused Kerala floods: Madhav Gadgil; Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Livemint
0826 Need dam management: ATREE, Deccan Chronicle
0825 Ex-Secy, Min Water Resources, counterview
0824 Need sci dam management: Rajeevan, Secy, Min Earth Sci Indianexpress; The Hindu
0927 Uncontrolled sand mining led to Kerala floods. DailyO
0911 Rampant constructions in Munnar can lead to catastrophe, say US experts The New Indian Express
0901 “Unplanned land utilisation, poor river management to blame” email interview, K. Rajendran, IISc, Bengaluru, The Hindu
0830 Achuthanandan: Demolish Illegal Constructions News 18; India Today
0823 Man-made or Nature’s fury? Hindubusinessline
0820 Partly man-made: Gadgil, Indianexpress
0815 Man-made calamity: Gadgil, India Today
0814 Quarries: Manoharan Geologist Kasargod, Manorama